COMMODUS

(Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus)kŏmˈədəs, 161–192, Roman emperor (180–192), son and successor of Marcus Aurelius. In 180, reversing his father's foreign policy, he concluded peace with the German and the Sarmatian tribes and returned to his licentious pleasures in Rome. There he vaunted his strength in gladiatorial combats and decreed that he should be worshiped as Hercules Romanus. He changed his own name to Marcus Commodus Antoninus and wanted to rename the city of Rome after himself. Many plots to assassinate him failed, but eventually, on the order of his advisers, he was strangled by a wrestler. Pertinax succeeded him.

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Septimius Severus: The African Emperor
Book by Anthony R. Birley; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Lucius Septimius Severus, 193-211, Severus, Lucius Septimius--Emperor Of Rome--146-211
...conspiracy to overthrow the deranged emperor Commodus and the dramatic civil wars of 193-7...brother, in the conspiracy which toppled Commodus. Anglo-Saxons, mostly monoglot, may not...the adoptive brother is called Balitho Commodus, son of Macer. The family display a variety...
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Who's Who in the Roman World
Book by John Hazel; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Rome--Biography, Rome--History
...emperors-Caligula, Nero, Elagabalus, Commodus The great poets, philosophers...was originally named Lucius Ceionius Commodus. He was praetor in 130 and consul in...was governing Britain at the time of COMMODUS death in AD 193. Septimius SEVERUS (1...
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The Roman Empire at Bay: AD 180-395
Book by David S. Potter; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Power (Social Sciences)--Rome, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
...The reign of Commodus 85...widow of Lucius Verus and sister of Commodus 87 2 The dynastic look: Marcus, Commodus and Severus 111...
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The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine
Book by Pat Southern; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Rome--History--Constantine I, The Great, 306-337, Rome--History--Diocletian, 284-305, Rome--History--Period Of Military Anarchy, 235-284, Rome--History--Severans, 193-235
...The reign of Commodus 20...Pannonia, Dacia, and Moesia. In the reign of Commodus he was consul in absentia while he...whereby he bequeathed to the world his son Commodus, and then civil war. 10 THE...
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Book by Paul Barron Watson; Harper & Brothers, 1884
Subjects: Marcus Aurelius--Emperor Of Rome--121-180
...Cassius.--The Emperor Sends to Rome for Commodus and Draws up Treaties with the German...Returns to Rome.--Triumph.--Promotion of Commodus.-- General Prosperity 175 CHAPTER...However disgusting the picture of a Commodus, it is, at any rate, in harmony with...
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journal articles on: Commodus  - 18 results

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Thomas Drant's Rewriting of Horace
Journal article by Neel Mukherjee; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 40, 2000
Subjects: Drant, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Horace--Translations and translating, Religious poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...dialogue between two papists, Pertinax and Commodus. Pertinax has left the catholic population at Louvain and has come to England. Commodus is a papist who lives in England and...English church from within: Thynke Commodus to be such one, as couertly in herte...
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The Machiavellian Chiron: Appearance and Reality in 'The Prince.'
Journal article by James A. Arieti; CLIO, Vol. 24, 1995
Subjects: Machiavelli, Niccolo--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Politics and literature--Analysis, Renaissance--Literature, The Prince (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...The good Pertinax, who reigned after Commodus for only eighty-six days, had been placed...Gallic coat he introduced into Rome), Commodus, and Maximinus. Antoninus was a good...circumstance. An unpleasant end also befell Commodus, who, as a hereditary prince (as Machiavelli...
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Framing the Sun: The Arch of Constantine and the Roman Cityscape
Journal article by Elizabeth Marlowe; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Arches (Structural elements)--History, Arches (Structural elements)--Influence, Arches--History, Arches--Influence, Constantine I, Emperor of Rome--History, Rome (Ancient state)--Buildings and facilities
...self-aggrandizing of Romes later emperors. Commodus (r. 180-92) was said to have removed...Nero), replacing it with his own image. Commodus also allegedly added to the statue a...although the reverse images on some of Commoduss medallions show a statue of Hercules...
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Mutilation and Transformation: Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial Portraiture
Journal article by John Pollini; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Italy--History, Mutilation and Transformation: Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial Portraiture (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Portraits--Criticism and interpretation, Varner, Eric R.--Authorship
...which there is still visible the hand of Commodus, who once stood next to his father in...in the case of Nero (pp. 81-83, 85) or Commodus (pp. 147-48), The latter was not only...kinship with the Antonine house to which Commodus belonged in order to legitimize his own...
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The Date of Death of Jesus of Nazareth
Journal article by Leo Depuydt; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects: Chronology, History, Ancient--Religious aspects, Jesus Christ--Research
...months to the fall of Jerusalem, and (4) 122 years, 10 months, and 13 days to the death of Commodus. But the total from the birth of Jesus to the death of Commodus is given as 194 years, 1 month, and 13 days. One would rather expect 196 years, I month...
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Gladiator and the Myths of Rome: T.P. Wiseman Looks at the Development of the Myth of Ancient Rome, Derived from the Way Its History Has Been Seen
Magazine article by T.P. Wiseman; History Today, Vol. 55, April 2005
Subjects: Gladiator (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History, Rome, Italy--History, Rome, Italy--Myths and legends
...commander Maximus and the emperors son Commodus are talking to two senators called Gaius...calling Mr Blair Prime Minister Tony.) Commodus warns Maximus that they will fill him...there was no tyrant to rebel against.) Commodus points out that in a republic, the Senate...
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Cy Was Here; Cy's Up
Magazine article by Rosalind Krauss; Artforum International, Vol. 33, September 1994
Subjects: Graffiti--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Pop art--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Twombly, Cy--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Keats Adonais, through Sesostris sun journey, through Aurelius Commodus madness, through Catullus, through Caesars Ides of March: mirrors...They fill in whole narratives, as in the going mad o Aurelius Commodus, or the transformation of Narcissus. Representation, they think...
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Public Realm
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 206, July 1999
Subjects: City planning--Evaluation, Urban cores--Evaluation
...condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous: the Roman Empire between the death of Domitian and the accession of Commodus. Architectures which combined private domesticity with public grandeur appear to have been easy to achieve in the early nineteenth...
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On Dark Ages: Is Western Civilization in the Midst of a Historic Decline, or Are We Merely Hypochondriacs?
Magazine article by Nader Elhefnawy; The Futurist, Vol. 41, November 2007
Subjects: Civilization, Western--Evaluation, Future predictions, Regression (Civilization)--Evaluation, Western culture--Evaluation
...decline, most notably leaving the empire to his wanton son Commodus. In his book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Victorian...which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus." ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica. RELATED...
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Rome's Dark Night of Tyranny: When the Republic Fell, Rome Entered the Dark Decline of Empire. Only after Centuries of Misery under Predominantly Tyrannical Emperors Did Rome Finally Meet Its End
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 7, 2005
Subjects: Roman culture--Analysis, Roman culture--History
...ended. Empires End Marcus Aurelius was succeeded by his son Commodus, another bestial ruler cast from the same mold as Nero, with...from Ctesiphon, the Persian capital. Pertinax, who followed Commodus, seems to have been a genuinely virtuous man. He attempted...
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`Gladiator' Goes in for the Kill, but Misses
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, May 5, 2000
...his lamentable heir (and natural son) Commodus (180-192), played with severely deficient...Joaquin Phoenix. The last stages of Commodus disgraceful reign were distinguished...filmmakers find themselves in a fix with Commodus the gladiator-despot because they also...
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Was This the Real-Life Gladiator?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 30, 2007
...Rome. The villa was home to the Emperor Commodus, who is played by Joaquin Phoenix in...after losing out in a power struggle with Commodus. Eventually, they kill each other in...Villa dei Quintili, which we know was Commoduss residence. Its close to the area where...
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`Gladiator' Ahead on Points
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, February 14, 2001
...Arnold "Gladiator," a spectacle predicated on the corruption of ancient Rome during the reign of the bloodthirsty emperor Commodus, took the lead among finalists for the Academy Awards this year with 12 nominations in various categories, including best motion...
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Legion of Ways to Cheer 'Gladiator'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 8, 2005
Subjects: Academy Awards
...in this epic adventure set during the reign of Roman emperor Commodus. The three-disc set is distinguished by an abundance of bonuses...However, the varied action along with appearances by emperor Commodus as well as Narcissus (upon whom Russell Crowes character was...
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Scalding Hot and Sour Sugar Could Be Just Your Cup of Tea
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 22, 2006
...series, the best programme on television? Say yes or youre fired, challenges Catherine Jones WHEN Joaquin Phoenix as Emperor Commodus in Gladiator gave a thumbs up or down to decide a slaves fate, he just about matched the drama of Sir Alan Sugar in The Apprentice...
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encyclopedia articles on: Commodus  - 9 results

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Commodus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
COMMODUS (Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus)kom d s, 161 192, Roman emperor (180 192), son and successor...worshiped as Hercules Romanus. He changed his own name to Marcus Commodus Antoninus and wanted to rename the city of Rome after himself...
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Pertinax
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Publius Helvius Pertinax)pur tinaks, 126 193, Roman emperor (193), b. Liguria. Formerly a general, he reluctantly succeeded Commodus on the throne. Attempting to curb license in the Praetorian Guard, he was slain by a soldier, thus ending his brief reign...
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Pollux, Julius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...POLLUX, JULIUS pol ks, fl. 170, Egyptian Greek lexicographer, b. Naucratis. He compiled a Greek lexicon for Emperor Commodus. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed...
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Antonines
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...of certain Roman emperors of the 2d cent., namely Antoninus Pius ; his adopted sons, Marcus Aurelius and Verus; and Commodus . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from...
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Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus), Roman Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...septim e s seve r s, 146 211, Roman emperor (193 211), b. Africa. He was campaigning in Pannonia and Illyria when the emperor Commodus was murdered. His successor, Pertinax , lasted three months before he too was assassinated. The Pretorian guards arranged...
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